Facing for walls of buildings



(No Model.) I A. M. HANS-EN.

FAGING FOR WALLS 0F BUILDINGS; No. 382,359. Patented May 8, 1888.

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FACING FOR WALLS OF BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,359, dated May 8,1888.

Application filed February 7,1888. Serial No. 163,273.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED M. Hnusnn, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Fulton, in the county of VVhiteside and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faeingsfor the Walls of Buildings, of which the following is a specification,reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to facings for the outer surfaces of the walls ofwooden buildings; and the invention consists of metallic sheets providedwith transverse grooves in such relativepositions as to represent theface views of brick or stone walls. The grooves are stamped or otherwiseformed upon the outer faces of the sheets, producing extendedprojections on the inner sides of the sheets, which projections formbearings against and hold the plane portions of the sheets away from thewalls sufficiently to form air -spaces between the walls and themetallic faeings for the purpose ofprotectin g the building fromdampncss,from

cold in the winter, heat in the summer, and

from external fires.

The external plane surfaces of this grooved facing are painted in anydesired colors, representing brick or stone walls,and the grooves arefilled with putty, cement, or other fireproof material, and are pointedup to rep resent the joints between layers of brick or stone, all ashereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a sheetof my improved facing grooved to represent the face of a brick wall.Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a portion of awooden wall with my improvedfacing attached, showing the grooves unfilled. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview of a portion of a wall with my improved facing attached, showingthe grooves filled and painted, representing mortar-joints. Fig. 4 is aplan view of a sheet of my facing grooved to represent a stone wall.

A designates a sheet of any suitably impressible metal, and of any sizethat may be conveniently handled. These sheets are provided withtransverse grooves a, which are (No model.)

stamped or otherwise formed in the front side of the facing in suchrelative positions to each other as to represent face views of brick andstone walls, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4., respectively. The grooves areformed suffi ciently deep to produce the extended projections b on theinner sides of the sheets, which projections bear against the outersurfaces of the walls to which the facings are attached,

holding the plane surfaces of the facing away from the walls in positionto form the airspaces 0 between the Walls and the facing, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

The metallic sheets are fastened in position upon the walls by nailsdriven through the grooves, as shown.

The plane external surfaces of the grooved sheets are painted in anydesired colors. Usually the sheets grooved as shown in Fig. 1 arepainted a brick color, and the sheets grooved as slifin'ifiliig. tarepainted a stone color, and the filling din the grooves may be made ofputty, cement, or other fire proof material, colored and pointed up torepresent white, red, or black mortar joints, as desired.

The air-spaces c serve to protect the build ing from dampness, from coldin the winter, from heat in the summer, and from external fires, itbeing well known that air chambers or spaces are non-conductors of cold,damp ness, and heat.

What I claim as new is- The combination,with a building-wall, B, of themetallic facing A, provided with the transverse grooves a, filled withfire-proof material d, representing the face View of a brick or stonewall, the said facing having the inward projections 1), adapted to holdthe plane portions of the facing away from the wall to form theair-spaces a, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ALFRED M. HANSEN.

Witnesses:

J OHN DYER, GEORGE TERWILLIGER.

